' Awakening is not realization '...

Awakening is not realization. Enlightenment is not realization. A peek into the glory, universality and Infiniti of the Self is not the realization of the Self.

It is the beginning of the journey.

Some confuse enlightenment with realization and feel that they have attained the summit.

Not only there remains shadow work to be cleared, which may take many years or more, but also there is the deepening of our understanding as well as in our living as the Self.

There comes a point in our contemplation where the peace is unshakable and the sweet perfume of the self emanates from our being and brings peace and clarity around us.

Remaining open and relaxing into being rather than in the thinking mind allows the Self to establish as your being.

The deepening revelation of the Self is unending.

A constant letting go, relaxation as formless being, moment by moment.


-Magdi Badawy